When William George Hickman was born on 27 June 1844, in Huntsville, Randolph, Missouri, United States, his father, William Adams Hickman, was 29 and his mother, Bernetta A Walters Burckhardt, was 31. He married Emma Jane Hague on 4 December 1860, in Taylorsville, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. He died on 23 June 1912, in Eureka, Juab, Utah, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Eureka Cemetery, Eureka, Juab, Utah, United States.
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English (Staffordshire): from the Middle English personal names Hikeman, Hicheman, and (in the West Midlands) Hikemon and Hichemon, pet forms of Hike and Hiche with the hypocoristic suffix -man or -mon. See Hick and Hitch . In some instances, however, Hikeman and Hicheman might be occupational names denoting a ‘servant of Hike or Hiche’. This surname has long been established in Ireland, notably in County Clare.
Americanized form of German Hickmann .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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